f20537 cc10223	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 7th, 8th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Sussex 12
Umpires	D Davies, AJB Fowler
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 167/2 (Sheppard 88*, Parks 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	run out	19
DL Kitson	b James	7
MF Tremlett	c Langridge b Thomson	25
JG Lomax	b Marlar	1
R Smith	c Suttle b James	0
J Lawrence	c Doggart b James	95
+HW Stephenson	c Langridge b Thomson	0
*BG Brocklehurst	b Marlar	31
Yawar Saeed	c Sheppard b James	2
J Hilton	run out	4
JWJ McMahon	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-32, 3-34, 4-43, 5-60, 6-62, 7-153, 8-168, 9-173, 10-188 (75.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	22	7	42	2	-	-
James	26.4	9	74	4	-	-
Marlar	20	5	50	2	-	-
Oakman	7	3	20	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Sheppard	b McMahon	88
JG Langridge	b Yawar Saeed	25
*GHG Doggart	c Stephenson b McMahon	42
JM Parks	b Lawrence	7
KG Suttle	c Stephenson b Lomax	19
G Cox	c Hilton b McMahon	22
ASM Oakman	c Yawar Saeed b McMahon	17
NI Thomson	b Lawrence	0
AE James	st Stephenson b Lawrence	3
+RT Webb	not out	3
RG Marlar	b Lawrence	0
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-160, 3-168, 4-191, 5-202, 6-229, 7-235, 8-237, 9-241, 10-241 (79 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	13	5	36	1	-	-
Tremlett	10	1	34	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	8	0	25	1	-	-
Hilton	10	2	25	0	-	-
McMahon	26	6	64	4	-	-
Lawrence	12	1	42	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Langridge b Oakman	5
DL Kitson	c Sheppard b Thomson	0
MF Tremlett	c James b Thomson	34
JG Lomax	c Langridge b Thomson	2
+HW Stephenson	c Cox b Oakman	7
J Lawrence	c Parks b Oakman	12
R Smith	c Oakman b Thomson	5
*BG Brocklehurst	c Marlar b Thomson	0
Yawar Saeed	b Thomson	9
J Hilton	not out	5
JWJ McMahon	c Doggart b Thomson	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-8, 4-15, 5-51, 6-65, 7-66, 8-73, 9-76, 10-80 (48.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	18.3	6	31	7	-	-
Marlar	6	1	15	0	-	-
Oakman	24	10	33	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Sheppard	c Lawrence b Hilton	3
JG Langridge	c Lawrence b McMahon	6
*GHG Doggart	not out	14
JM Parks	not out	5
KG Suttle	did not bat
G Cox	did not bat
ASM Oakman	did not bat
NI Thomson	did not bat
AE James	did not bat
+RT Webb	did not bat
RG Marlar	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 13.5 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	6.5	2	15	1	-	-
McMahon	7	3	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Lawrence (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> NI Thomson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> NI Thomson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 6-35)
--> NI Thomson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 6-35)

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